Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing

BURSA MALAYSIA DERIVATIVES CLEARING BERHAD

PRINCIPLES FOR FINANCIAL MARKET INFRASTRUCTURES

DISCLOSURE FRAMEWORK

This document shall be used solely for the purpose it was circulated to you. This document is owned by Bursa

Malaysia Berhad and / or the Bursa Malaysia group of companies (“Bursa Malaysia”). No part of the document

is to be produced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,

recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Bursa Malaysia.

Annexure 1

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Disclosure Framework

BMDC/RC/2020

Responding Institution:

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad

Jurisdiction(s) in which the FMI operates:

Malaysia

Authority regulating, supervising, or overseeing the FMI:

Securities Commission Malaysia

The date of this disclosure is 30 June 2020

This disclosure can also be found at:

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/risk_and_compliance/pfmi_disclosure

For further information, please contact Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad at:

Name Email Address

1. Joanna Chin [email protected]

2. Salwana Mohd Amin [email protected]

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/risk_and_compliance/pfmi_disclosure


BMDC/RC/2020

Abbreviations:

AUD Australian Dollar

BCP Business Continuity Plan

BMD Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (the derivatives exchange) BMDC Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad (the derivatives clearing house)

BM Depo Bursa Malaysia Depository Sdn Bhd (the central depository) BMS Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad

BMSC Bursa Malaysia Securities Clearing Sdn Bhd (the securities clearing house)

BNM Bank Negara Malaysia (the central bank of Malaysia)

Board Bursa Malaysia Board of Directors

Bursa Malaysia Bursa Malaysia Berhad (the exchange holding company)

CA Companies Act 2016

CCL Collateral Concentration Limit

CCP Central Counterparty

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CF Clearing Fund

CME Chicago Mercantile Exchange

CMEGSI CME Group Strategic Investments LLC

CMSA Capital Market and Services Act 2007

CP Clearing Participant of BMDC

CPSS-IOSCO Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems and the Technical Committee of the IOSCO

CPU Central Processing Unit

CSD Central Securities Depository

DCP Direct Clearing Participant

DCS Derivatives Clearing & Settlement System

DMC Default Management Committee

DR Disaster Recovery

EHC Exchange Holding Company

EOD End-of-day

ERM Enterprise Risk Management

ERMPF Enterprise Risk Management Principles & Framework

ERMPG Enterprise Risk Management Process & Guidelines

EUR Euro

EWMA Exponentially Weighted Moving Average

FCPO Crude Palm Oil Futures

FIs Financial Institutions

GBP British Pound Sterling

GCP General Clearing Participant

Globex Globex electronic trading platform

Group Bursa Malaysia and its subsidiaries and/or associated companies GST Goods and Services Tax

HKD Hong Kong Dollar


BMDC/RC/2020

HVaR Historical Value at Risk

IOSCO International Organization of Securities Commissions

ISO International Organization for Standardization IT Information & Technology JPY Japanese Yen

KPI Key Performance Indicator MARC Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad

MYR Malaysian Ringgit

PayNet Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd

PFMI Principle for Financial Markets Infrastructures PLC Public Listed Company PO Participating Organisation PSD Participants Supervision Department

RAM Rating Agency Malaysia RENTAS Real Time Electronic Transfer of Funds and Securities

RMB Renminbi

RMC Risk Management Committee RP Recovery Plan

RTO Recovery Time Objective Rules of BMD Rules of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Bhd

Rules of BMDC Rules of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Bhd

S&P Standard & Poor

SBLC Standby Letter of Credit SC Securities Commission Malaysia SCMA Securities Commission Malaysia Act 1993 SGD Singapore Dollar

SICDA Securities Industry (Central Depositories) Act 1991

SPAN Standard Portfolio Analysis of Risk Stock Exchange Securities Stock Exchange operated by BMS

TP Trading Participant of BMD

USD United States Dollar

VaR Value at risk


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 1

Table of Contents

I. Executive summary .............................................................................................................................. 2

II. Summary of major changes since the last update of the disclosure ........................................................... 3

III. BMDC Background Information ............................................................................................................. 3

IV. Disclosure of 24 principles for BMDC ..................................................................................................... 6

Principle 1: Legal basis ................................................................................................................... 6

Principle 2: Governance .................................................................................................................. 8

Principle 3: Framework for the comprehensive management of risks................................................. 11

Principle 4: Credit risk ................................................................................................................... 14

Principle 5: Collateral .................................................................................................................... 16

Principle 6: Margin ....................................................................................................................... 17

Principle 7: Liquidity risk ............................................................................................................... 19

Principle 8: Settlement finality ........................................................................................................ 20

Principle 9: Money settlements ...................................................................................................... 21

Principle 10: Physical deliveries ..................................................................................................... 21

Principle 11: Central securities depositories .................................................................................... 22

Principle 12: Exchange-of-value settlement systems ....................................................................... 23

Principle 13: Participant-default rules and procedures ...................................................................... 23

Principle 14: Segregation and portability ......................................................................................... 25

Principle 15: General business risk ................................................................................................ 26

Principle 16: Custody and investment risks ..................................................................................... 27

Principle 17: Operational risk ......................................................................................................... 28

Principle 18: Access and participation requirements ........................................................................ 35

Principle 19: Tiered participation arrangements ............................................................................... 37

Principle 20: FMI links .................................................................................................................. 37

Principle 21: Efficiency and effectiveness ....................................................................................... 37

Principle 22: Communication procedures and standards .................................................................. 38

Principle 23: Disclosure of rules, key procedures, and market data ................................................... 39

Principle 24: Disclosure of market data by trade repositories ............................................................ 40

V. List of publicly available resources ....................................................................................................... 41


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 2

I. Executive Summary

BMD operates and maintains a derivatives exchange. On 17 September 2009, Bursa Malaysia, the

BMD’s holding company entered into a strategic partnership with CME in a continuous effort to

develop the Malaysian derivatives market, which had also involved the equity participation by CME

(through CMEGSI) in BMD. Since completion of the equity participation, both Bursa Malaysia and

CMEGSI held 75% and 25% of the equity interest in BMD respectively, while BMD held 100% of the

equity interest in BMDC. The joint venture with CME allowed BMD to license the settlement prices

of the FCPO to position Malaysia as the global price benchmark for the commodity and the

distribution of Bursa Malaysia's products globally through Globex.

On 18 September 2019, Bursa Malaysia extended its agreement with CME to host BMD products on

Globex until September 2025. Bursa Malaysia also acquired the remaining 25% equity interest in

BMD from CMEGSI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CME Group following the exercise of the put option

as prescribed under an agreement entered into on 30 November 2009 (“Acquisition”). BMD became

a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia upon completion of the Acquisition on 6 December

2019.

BMD operates under supervision of the SC, which is governed by the CMSA and falls under the

jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance. BMD offers investors the security of trading on a regulated

derivatives exchange with infrastructure and regulations comparable to that of established markets

worldwide.

BMDC as counterparty to all open contracts, undertakes responsibility towards its Clearing

Participants (“CPs”) who are the party to those contracts that it will perform its obligations under the

contract. The undertaking is backed by BMDC's risk management framework as well as the funds

held for such purpose. Hence, the following policies are in place to address and manage various

risks:-

• Margining and Performance Bond requirement;

• Daily mark-to-market and settlement;

• Intra-day real time monitoring;

• Segregation of client funds;

• Security deposit and CF requirement, and;

• CPs’ exposure monitoring.

BMDC currently adopts a stringent risk management and financial safeguard standards for the

market to minimise the possibility of a default by its CPs. However, in the event of disciplinary and


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 3

default situations, BMDC is authorised to take actions pursuant to the Rules of BMDC. Please refer

to Principle 13 for more information on the participant-default rules and procedures.

This document aims to provide an overview of the relevant disclosure and explains how BMDC is

aligned with and observes:-

1. The PFMI developed by the CPSS-IOSCO.

2. The SC’s Guidelines on Financial Market Infrastructures.

II Summary of Major Changes Since the Last Update of the Disclosure

This document is an update to the version dated June 2019, published as recommended by the PFMI

and to continuously assist understanding of BMDC’s profiles as well as risk management practices.

Changes to BMDC’s organisation, services, design, rules, markets served and regulatory

environment since the last disclosure are summarised as follows:

• Revamp of the Rules of BMDC with effect from 15 August 2019;

• Revamp of the CPs’ Directives with effect from 15 August 2019;

• Amendments to Appendix 1 (Specified Position Limits) of CPs’ Directive No. 6-001 in relation to

the Introduction of the Option on United States Dollar Denominated Refined Bleached and

Deodorised Palm Olein Futures Contract with effect from 13 January 2020; and

• Amendments to CPs’ Directive No. 4-001 in relation to the Requirements on Account Opening

and Client Onboarding with effect from 9 July 2020.

III BMDC Background Information

General Description of the FMI and the Market it Serves

BMDC was established on 9 September 1995, wholly-owned by BMD. BMDC is an approved clearing

house for the Malaysian derivatives market under supervision of the SC and is governed by the

CMSA. It acts as a CCP for all derivatives trades executed in BMD. BMD offers 3 categories of

derivatives contracts include commodity derivatives, equity derivatives and financial derivatives. The

main product is the FCPO which is the global price benchmark for the palm oil industry. For the list

of derivatives contracts, see:-

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/our_products_services/derivatives/company_profile.

The CCP clears and settles derivatives contracts through the DCS. The DCS is a system that is used

for the sole purpose of supporting derivatives clearing & settlement and risk management functions.

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/our_products_services/derivatives/company_profile


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 4

These activities include transmitting clearing information to the CP, BMD and the SC. On top of that,

the CPs also transmit clearing instructions to the CCP through the DCS.

Please refer to the monthly market statistic for the basic data and performance statistic on BMD at:-

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_information/market_statistic/derivatives

General Organisation of the FMI

The Board of BMDC has primary responsibility for the governance and management of the Company.

BMDC adopts the Governance Model of Bursa Group where it is supported by various Board

committees namely, RMC, Audit Committee (“AC”), Governance and Nomination Committee (“GNC”)

and Remuneration Committee (“RC”), Regulatory and Conflicts Committee (“RACC”), Market

Participants Committee (“MPC”) and Appeals Committee (“APC”). The terms of reference of the

Board committees are available at Bursa Malaysia website

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/sites/5d809dcf39fba22790cad230/assets/5ee18f7439fba2314f79c

c75/18-Governance_Model_Document-01062020-Clean.pdf

Legal and Regulatory Framework

The law and relevant rules governing the clearing and settlement activities in the derivatives markets

are the CMSA, the Rules of BMDC, the Rules of BMD and the contract between BMDC and its

Clearing Participants. BMDC, as an approved clearing house under the CMSA, is subject to

regulatory oversight by the SC. BMDC’s operations as a CCP is governed by the Rules of BMDC

and the contract it has with its participants. All CPs enter into the derivatives contracts as principal

regardless of whether they are acting on behalf of a client or not.

Please refer to Principle 1 for the legal basis for each material aspect of BMDC’s activities.

System Design and Operations

Clearing Systems

BMDC clears and settles derivatives contracts through the DCS.

The following information/data are provided to the CPs through the DCS:


https://www.bursamalaysia.com/sites/5d809dcf39fba22790cad230/assets/5ee18f7439fba2314f79cc75/18-Governance_Model_Document-01062020-Clean.pdf

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/sites/5d809dcf39fba22790cad230/assets/5ee18f7439fba2314f79cc75/18-Governance_Model_Document-01062020-Clean.pdf


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 5

• Matched trades and open positions (real time).

• Financial information: cash and collateral (available real time).

• Risk related information: Performance Bond requirement for each client’s account and risk arrays

for margining (end-of-day and intra-day).

• Financial requirement: CF contribution, security deposit and additional deposit (available real

time).

• Physical delivery: allocation of delivery receipts and payable amount (available real time).

• Settlement parameter: daily settlement price and theoretical variable (available real time).

Clearing Process

BMDC’s clearing and settlement procedure is an on-going process where it receives online trade

data on real time basis from the exchange and conducts all post-trade transactions on the DCS.

Fees such as the exchange levy and clearing fee are posted daily to the CP.

During EOD processing, BMDC will determine the settlement prices, the Performance Bond

requirements on open positions, the value of the collateral lodged, the cash position of each CP and

the settlement variation. The clearing and settlement cycle shall be completed when BMDC collects

funds from its CPs with cash shortages and make payment to CPs with surplus on request. The

settlements of funds are conducted through the RENTAS system. The RENTAS system is operated

by PayNet which is a subsidiary of BNM.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 6

IV Disclosure of 24 Principles for BMDC

Principle-by-principle summary narrative disclosure

Principle 1: Legal basis

An FMI should have a well-founded, clear, transparent, and enforceable legal basis for each

material aspect of its activities in all relevant jurisdictions.

Summary

narrative

The high degree of certainty in the legal framework for the relevant material aspects of the

BMDC's activities stems from the clear and unambiguous law, rules and contractual

arrangements between BMDC and its CP.

The legal framework governing BMDC's activities consists of the CMSA, Rules of BMDC,

Rules of BMD as well as the contractual agreement between BMDC and its participants.

In addition, certain aspects relating to the activities of BMDC are governed by the provisions

of the Evidence Act 1950 (“EA”), the Digital Signature Act 1997 (“DSA”), the Contracts Act

1950 and the SCMA.

The legal basis (and consequently, the legal certainty) for each of the key aspects of

BMDC's activities is properly provided in the following manner:-

(a) Finality: The Rules of BMDC bind the CPs to the open contracts in the system and all

settlements are deemed final and irrevocable. In addition, the CMSA provides

protection from insolvency proceedings impacting BMDC's default procedures. The

Rules of BMDC specify insolvency of a CP as a circumstance upon which a default

would be triggered.

(b) Netting: Pursuant to the Rules of BMDC, BMDC may set off any amount due from a

CP to BMDC against any amount due from BMDC to the CP.

(c) Novation: The Rules of BMDC describes the novation process and the point of

novation as the moment when the market contract is accepted for registration by

BMDC.

(d) Rights and interests in financial instruments: Under the Rules of BMDC, BMDC

determines and collects margin from the CPs and the Rules of BMDC also provide for

the manner in which collateral for margin is to be pledged with BMDC. In the event of

a default by a CP, the Rules of BMDC provide that BMDC may liquidate the collateral


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 7

and set-off the amounts realized against any loss incurred by BMDC or novating the

rights and obligations under the open contracts of the participant in default.

(e) Default handling procedures: The Rules of BMDC specify the default handling

procedures - the events that constitute default and the rights of BMDC in the event

of a default by a CP including the handling of open contracts and any pending

settlements. The CMSA provides that the default procedures of a clearing house shall

not be regarded as invalid on the ground of inconsistency with the provisions relating

to the distribution of the assets of a person under the laws of insolvency.

(f) Applicability of the Rules of BMDC: The Rules of BMDC are binding on the CPs by

virtue of the CMSA and the contractual relationship between the parties.

(g) Regulation and oversight of BMDC: BMDC is an approved derivatives clearing house

under Section 38(4) of the CMSA and is subject to regulatory oversight by the SC.

The SC's role to supervise and monitor the activities of any clearing house is

stipulated in section 15(1)(f) of the SCMA.

(h) Other aspects: Aspects relating to the collection of margins, the settlement process,

the establishment of clearing fund, the delivery procedures and the financial

requirements for participants as described in the Rules of BMDC.

(i) Relevant jurisdiction: BMDC is incorporated in Malaysia and the participants of

BMDC, including foreign institutions are subject to Malaysian laws. Consequently,

the relevant jurisdiction is only Malaysia.

The Rules of BMDC are approved by the SC except for rule changes that have been

specifically exempted from requiring the SC's approval such as rule amendments which are

editorial or consequential in nature pursuant to changes made to other relevant rules

approved by the SC. BMDC also has a process to seek external legal opinions where

necessary, to ensure the enforceability of the relevant rule or contract. These processes

ensure that the Rules of BMDC are clear, understandable, enforceable and consistent with

the Malaysian legal framework.

The rule-making process is a robust one, involving benchmarking, analysis, review and

consultation to ensure that BMDC arrives at balanced and proportionate rules. Specifically,

the rules are formulated based on a multi-tiered internal process which includes:-


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 8

(a) consideration of the regulatory objectives to be achieved, concerns to be addressed

and the implications of the proposed rule amendments;

(b) benchmarking the proposed rule amendments to those of other more developed

markets and which has a similar framework so that the rules are on par with

international standards, where applicable;

(c) consultation with the relevant stakeholders, including market participants and at times

the public to ensure that the rules are clear, practical and are aligned with

stakeholders’ expectations;

(d) review of the proposed rule amendments by qualified staff, senior management and

chief regulatory officer prior to review or approval by a management regulatory

committee; and

(e) for major rule amendments, approval is also by a board regulatory committee,

comprising Bursa Malaysia ’s Board who are professionals and market experts from

the various related fields of the capital market.

The Rules of BMDC are publicly available at the Bursa Malaysia website:

www.bursamalaysia.com. In addition, all CPs are notified of any amendments to the rules

via circulars.

The operational procedures are readily accessible by the participants of BMDC via eRAPID,

a web-based solution to facilitate electronic transmission of circulars containing these

operational procedures as well as other notices addressed to the CPs. These operational

procedures are not publicly available.

Principle 2: Governance

An FMI should have governance arrangements that are clear and transparent, promote the

safety and efficiency of the FMI, and support the stability of the broader financial system,

other relevant public interest considerations, and the objectives of relevant stakeholders.

Summary

narrative

The Board of BMDC has primary responsibility for the governance and management of the

Company, and fiduciary responsibility for the financial health and business sustainability of


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 9

the Company. The roles, responsibilities, structure and processes of the Board of BMDC

are set out in the Board Charter of BMDC.

BMDC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BMD which provides, operates and maintains a

derivative exchange. The BMD became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bursa Malaysia

following the acquisition of the remaining 25% equity interest in BMD from CMEGSI, a

wholly-owned subsidiary of CME group on 6 December 2019. Bursa Malaysia is an

approved EHC under section 14 of the CMSA. Bursa Malaysia is also a PLC on the Stock

Exchange and as a PLC, it is required to comply with the corporate governance practices

as stipulated under the Main Market Listing Requirements of the Stock Exchange. As an

EHC, Bursa Malaysia’s objectives are reflective of its duties and responsibilities under the

CMSA amongst others, to ensure there are orderly, clear and efficient clearing and

settlement arrangements for any transaction in derivatives cleared or settled through the

facilities of any of subsidiaries that is duly approved as a central house for derivatives

exchange. The CMSA also requires Bursa Malaysia as an EHC to ensure prudent risk

management of its business and operations, and it shall prioritise public interest over its

commercial business interests.

The objectives of BMDC also follow directly from the CMSA which requires approved

clearing houses like BMDC to ensure that there are orderly, clear and efficient clearing and

settlement arrangements for transactions in derivatives. The CMSA also requires clearing

houses like BMDC to prioritise public interest over its commercial business interests.

The objectives of BMDC are clearly set out in its constitution, particularly having regard to

the requirements under the relevant securities law which primarily require sufficient

financial, human and other resources to ensure the clearing house is having adequately

and properly equipped premises, competent personnel for the conduct of its business and

automated system with adequate capacity, security arrangements and facilities to meet

emergencies, so as to enable efficient protection of investors as well as to act for the public

interest.

The current Board of BMDC comprises two (2) directors and their profiles are available at

the Bursa Malaysia website:-

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/about_bursa/about_us/board_of_directors/board_of_direc

tors_of_subsidiaries/bursa_malaysia_derivatives_bhd .

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/about_bursa/about_us/board_of_directors/board_of_directors_of_subsidiaries/bursa_malaysia_derivatives_bhd

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/about_bursa/about_us/board_of_directors/board_of_directors_of_subsidiaries/bursa_malaysia_derivatives_bhd


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 10

The Board Charter provides the detailed roles and responsibilities of the Board of BMDC.

The specific responsibilities of the Independent director and the management of conflict of

interest are also specified therein.

Under the Governance Model of the Group, the Board of BMDC is supported by various

board committees, namely, the Governance Committees (including AC, RMC, GNC and

RC) and Regulatory Committees (including RACC, MPC and APC).

Each year a Board performance evaluation is carried out by the GNC for Bursa Malaysia

Board, and every three (3) years an external consultant is engaged to conduct this

evaluation. For the intervening two (2) years, the company secretary carries out the review.

The review exercise encompasses the evaluation of the Board's performance as a whole,

performance of the Committees, individual directors and the Chairman as well as a review

of the Board's size, composition, mix of skills/experience/qualities and training/development

needs. The GNC co-ordinates this review and presents the findings to the Board of Bursa

Malaysia. The interest of shareholders, users and the public are addressed through the

balanced Board structure at Bursa Malaysia.

The recruitment process for all senior positions includes interviews with the senior

management, the CEO and HOGAN & Virtual assessment. In addition, detailed reference

checks are conducted. The CMSA requires Bursa Malaysia to ensure that the staff has the

requisite knowledge. Bursa Malaysia has incorporated this into its human resources policies

and ensures that all the senior management staff has all the requisite skills. Bursa Malaysia

also attempts to maintain a pool of internal successors in the ratio of 1:2 for all senior and

critical positions. There is a well-established performance evaluation process against KPI

for all employees. The performance of the CEO is assessed by the Board and that of the

senior management by the GNC in consultation with the CEO. The performance evaluation

process is used to guide the career growth and if need be any termination.

A clear and documented ERMPF at the Group level is used to identify and monitor the

specific business risk for each business entity. The Risk & Compliance division ensures that

Bursa Malaysia has an effective framework and ability to manage all risks as a fully

integrated part of the organization including its subsidiaries. Risk & Compliance reports to

the RMC. Internal Audit division is independent from all other functions within the Group

and reports directly to the AC.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 11

Bursa Malaysia adopts a consultative and inclusive approach to take into account the

interest of its participants and other relevant stakeholders in its decision making in relation

to its design, rules, overall strategy and major decisions. Prior to initiating changes to its

system, services, operations and rules, Bursa Malaysia conducts consultation with its

participants and other related users of the system and services. Further, any proposed

amendments to rules are subject to the SC’s approval. In practice, all major rules

amendment submission to the SC for approval requires Bursa Malaysia to obtain feedback

from the industry and other relevant users via a consultation process. All rules and

amendments are publicly available at the Bursa Malaysia website. Operational procedures

for clearing and depository participants are disseminated to all clearing and depository

participants via circulars.

Principle 3: Framework for the comprehensive management of risks

An FMI should have a sound risk-management framework for comprehensively managing

legal, credit, liquidity, operational, and other risks.

Summary

narrative

The types of risk that can arise in BMDC are:-

(a) credit and liquidity risks arising from its role as the CCP for the derivatives market;

(b) operational reliability risks that could prevent it from discharging its responsibility as a

CCP; and

(c) the general business risks for BMDC are to a large extent subsumed in the overall

business risk for the Group.

Each business owner is responsible for identifying the risks of their business processes are

exposed to, measuring and monitoring the risk indicators and identifying risk management

measures and implementing them.

The Group has put in place an established risk management framework for managing risks

affecting its business and operations which are aligned with the ISO 31000:2018 Risk

Management – Guidelines and the PFMI.

The Group’s risk management framework is embedded in ERMPF document. The risk

management standards specified in the said document are applicable to all the business

entities within the Group such as BMDC.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 12

The accountability, authority and responsibilities of the relevant parties in the Group for

managing risk, including implementing and maintaining the risk management process and

ensuring the adequacy, effectiveness and efficiency of any controls have been clearly

outlined in the risk management framework. Within the framework, there is an established

and structured process for the identification, assessment, communication, monitoring as

well as continual review of risks and effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies and controls

at the divisional and enterprise levels. The analysis and evaluation of Bursa Malaysia’s

risks are guided by the approved risk criteria.

At the Group level, the Risk & Compliance division comprises of three (3) key departments

namely ERM, Business Continuity Management and Compliance Management. The

objective of the set up was to consolidate the risk management and compliance functions

across the Group to provide a holistic and integrated view of risk management and

compliance at the enterprise wide level. The ERM department covers four risk management

units namely Operational Risk, Financial Risk (including credit and liquidity risk), Strategic

Risk and Legal & Regulatory Risk.

The RMC reviews the risk management aspects every quarter and tables all important

developments and plans to the Board. In addition, the Internal Audit team reviews the

adequacy of the risk management measures periodically. The Risk & Compliance division

also conducts continual review of the risk management framework and process for

improvement and ensure that they remain relevant to the Group.

The Rules of BMD and BMDC clearly explain the requirements and responsibilities of the

participants, and the responsibilities of Bursa Malaysia subsidiaries. Bursa Malaysia has

established a group approach to supervise the ongoing compliance of the participants to

the requirements of the BMSC, BM Depo and BMDC. The PSD of Bursa Malaysia is

entrusted with the responsibility for managing this.

The supervision approach combines a combination of off-site supervision and onsite

inspections. As part of the off-site supervision - weekly, monthly and annual submission of

various financial indicators and data is required.

BMDC has identified the following entities that could pose material risks to it, i.e.,

participants, BM Depo, settlement banks and banks where the BMDC maintains its funds.

BMDC leverages the PSD as explained in above paragraph to manage the risks arising


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 13

from the participants. BMDC has established a methodology for selecting its banking

partners, settlement banks and the banks whose bank guarantees and letter of credit it

accepts. A combination of financial indicators like capital adequacy ratios, credit rating and

operational services provided is used as part of this methodology. In addition, it has

established bank-wise concentration limits for the various services it uses.

Bursa Malaysia has a crisis management framework. This framework has identified four (4)

broad categories of scenarios that could significantly impair its operations: data errors,

system downtimes, participant failures and operational lapses. There are various measures

implemented to mitigate these risks.

A key component of the risk management measure related to operational risk (system) is

to institute BCPs and periodically test and revise them based on new development and the

test findings.

BMDC has established a CF which is intended to cover the default of two (2) participants

with the largest and next largest position. In the unlikely event of 2 participant defaults,

BMDC is equipped with an established set of rules and procedures to manage such

defaults. To further strengthen such safeguards, Bursa Malaysia has already initiated the

development of a RP to recover from uncovered losses and liquidity shortfall which aligns

with the global standard of the “Recovery of financial market infrastructures” as set out by

the IOSCO. The RP covers the exposures of BMDC and complements with the existing

PFMI standards issued by IOSCO which are observed by BMDC. This will only serve to

increase the resiliency and robustness of BMDC’s existing risk management standards to

withstand any eventuality of disorderly failure which can lead to severe systemic market

disruptions. In addition, the RP provides a foundation for the establishment of a resolution

plan to be initiated by the regulator to provide a comprehensive resolution in the unlikely

event of a failed recovery process to ensure that critical services can continue to be offered

to the market participants.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 14

Principle 4: Credit risk

An FMI should effectively measure, monitor, and manage its credit exposures to participants

and those arising from its payment, clearing, and settlement processes. An FMI should

maintain sufficient financial resources to cover its credit exposure to each participant fully

with a high degree of confidence. In addition, a CCP that is involved in activities with a more-

complex risk profile or that is systemically important in multiple jurisdictions should maintain

additional financial resources sufficient to cover a wide range of potential stress scenarios

that should include, but not be limited to, the default of the two (2) participants and their

affiliates that would potentially cause the largest aggregate credit exposure to the CCP in

extreme but plausible market conditions. All other CCPs should maintain additional financial

resources sufficient to cover a wide range of potential stress scenarios that should include,

but not be limited to, the default of the participant and its affiliates that would potentially

cause the largest aggregate credit exposure to the CCP in extreme but plausible market

conditions.

Summary

narrative

BMDC functions as the CCP for the derivatives market. In its role as the CCP, it is exposed

to credit risk stemming from the potential inability of one or more CPs to honour their

settlement obligations. Hence, BMDC effectively measures, monitors, and manages its

credit exposure to participants and those arising from its payment, clearing, and settlement

processes by using a combination of initial margin, variation margin and establishing

position limits. BMDC measures its exposure to the CPs at the end of each business day.

In times of volatile market, the CCP performs intraday mark-to-market process, using the

latest information snapshot from real-time trading activities and prices, to measure the

exposure and collect the shortfall, if any, from the CPs.

In addition, BMDC has instituted a framework for managing its credit risk that comprises of

the margin collateral collection, powers to call for the intraday margin, security deposit and

CF collection from each CP, stringent financial requirements to become a CP, and finally,

clear and enforceable default rules. On top of that, BMDC has a robust mechanism for

monitoring the liquidity and credit position of the CPs.

CPs are required to submit cash deposit information with FIs (both segregated and un-

segregated accounts) and the available credit facilities on a weekly basis to BMDC via

DCS. BMDC runs a simulation of potential intraday cash shortage for each CP and

assesses the impact against the CPs’ available cash in the bank and their credit facilities.

This assessment is to analyse the CPs liquidity position and their ability to meet the margin

call by BMDC when it is due. Besides that, BMDC monitors the CPs’ positions on an


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 15

ongoing basis. It has the power and operational ability to establish position limits and

informs any abnormal trends to the SC.

A daily and intraday monitoring and hourly stress test on the adequacy of the CF is

conducted. The objective of the stress test is to ensure that there are sufficient financial

resources in the clearing house to cover default of two participants with the largest default

exposure. The size of the CF is reviewed on a monthly basis and BMDC will inform SC if

there is a need to increase the CF size. The stress test model is reviewed annually, and in

addition validated annually by an independent party.

The daily stress test process is currently running at hourly interval by BMDC’s Risk

Management team starting at 8:30 a.m., which includes the following parameters:-

(a) latest open positions of the CP;

(b) latest financial resources of CP held by the CCP;

(c) latest price movement in the market; and

(d) pre-defined stress scenarios – both historical extreme scenarios and

hypothetical/forward-looking scenarios are used to evaluate the stressed outcome.

In addition, the reverse stress test is also performed to identify sensible market conditions

in which the entire waterfall resources available to BMDC may be insufficient to cover the

potential exposure. It is a separate but complementary analysis to the regular stress test

performed. The results of the stress tests are analysed by the risk management team and

the CPs contributing to any excessive risk are required to place additional margin. This is

communicated through a margin call placed through the system.

The stress-test result is reported to the senior management and RMC on periodic basis.

The result is also shared with SC on quarterly basis.

Besides that, BMDC has established the sequence of using the available resources for

handling CP’s defaults – “Water fall”: (i) default participants’ margin collateral; (ii) default

participants’ security deposit; (iii) default participants’ contribution to the CF; (iv) BMDC’s

contribution to the CF; and (v) CF contributions of the non-defaulting CP, if any event of

default happens.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 16

Following the stress test result, if there is a need to increase or vary the default waterfall

resources, the proposal will need to be deliberated by the RMC and approved Board.

Principle 5: Collateral

An FMI that requires collateral to manage its or its participants’ credit exposure should accept

collateral with low credit, liquidity, and market risks. An FMI should also set and enforce

appropriately conservative haircuts and concentration limits.

Summary

narrative

BMDC has a well-defined collateral management process and policy to manage the CPs’

credit exposure and ensure the collateral accepted has low credit, liquidity and market risks.

BMDC does not accept cross-border collateral. Currently, BMDC accepts the following

types of collateral from CPs to cover their margin requirements:-

(a) cash (MYR, USD, GBP, EUR, SGD, AUD, HKD, RMB & JPY);

(b) standby Letter of Credit (“SBLC”); and

(c) selected Malaysian equities - Currently top 100 stocks by market-cap listed in the

Stock Exchange are accepted, starting from 26 June 2019.

A feasibility study will be conducted for acceptance of new collaterals based on requests

from the CPs. The criteria used by BMDC in accepting the collaterals are:-

(a) ability to determine the price accurately and in a timely manner;

(b) low volatility of collateral value; and

(c) the marketability of the collateral e.g. availability of liquid secondary market.

BMDC’s collateral management system is designed to compute collateral value for margin

coverage taking into consideration the appropriate haircut and latest mark to market prices.

The system also computes collateral concentration ratio for risk monitoring purpose. In

addition, BMDC performs a daily mark-to-market of the collateral posted and a daily back-

testing of the adequacy and efficiency of the haircut rates for foreign currency collateral.

On top of that, a quarterly review is conducted to further assess the adequacy and efficiency

of the haircut rate model. The Rules of BMDC empower BMDC to decide the valuation


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 17

process and specify that any interest or gain on the collateral would be passed on to the

CP at the discretion of BMDC.

The adequacy test assesses the performance of a set of proposed haircut rates against the

exchange rate movements over the last 5 years, as well as period of stressed market

condition in order to address procyclicality of haircut applied. The assessment takes into

consideration the performance of the proposed rates in terms of the number of breaches

and its efficiency level during the back-test period. This haircut setting model and procedure

are validated annually by an independent party.

As a prudential measure, the haircut rate for the equity collateral is set at the daily price

limit which will adequately cover the maximum possible movement for the share value.

The DCS allows user to set concentration limits for each type for collateral to avoid

concentration risk. BMDC has therefore instituted Collateral Concentration Limit (“CCL”)

whereby CPs must maintain minimum 30% of the daily performance bond requirement in

cash with BMDC starting from 6 April 2020. The review on concentration limits of shares

accepted as margin collateral is carried out on a half-yearly basis; while the concentration

limit of SBLCs’ issuing banks is reviewed annually. All the collateral records are kept within

BMDC’s DCS are managed by BMDC staff, in accordance to a set of standard operating

procedures.

Principle 6: Margin

A CCP should cover its exposure to its participants for all products through an effective

margin system that is risk-based and regularly reviewed.

Summary

narrative

BMDC collects two (2) types of margins to provide protection from the current exposures

as well as from the potential future price increase exposures, i.e. settlement variation

(variation margin) and initial margin (Performance Bond). The SPAN methodology is used

to determine the appropriate Performance Bond level for a portfolio of positions. The SPAN

risk analysis model simulates potential market movement and calculates the potential profit

or loss on a portfolio of combined commodity. The model organises all futures and options

relating to the same underlying assets into one combined commodity group for analysis.

Performance bond or margin requirements imposed by BMDC are determined using a risk-

based algorithm, modelled to cover 1-day potential exposure under normal market

circumstances at confidence interval of 99% VaR. Volatility is assessed over 5-days, 30-


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 18

days, 90-days and 240-days and margin rates are computed based on weighted VaR.

BMDC also uses other tools in determining the Performance bond requirement including

HVaR, EWMA and GARCH. In times of high volatility, BMDC performs intraday mark-to-

market process. CPs are required to honour margin call within 1 hour upon being notified.

Failure to honour margin call is treated as a default.

In determination of the historical data period to be used in the margin model, BMDC takes

into consideration of the historical volatility, recent volatility, price trend, market liquidity,

seasonal, cyclical factors and other qualitative factors. In order to reduce the need for

procyclical adjustments, buffers are added to maintain a stable and conservative margin

rate.

For new products without much history, BMDC simulates the potential volatility using data

from the underlying assets or other highly correlated products. Alternatively, BMDC may

also adopt theoretical model to derive reference prices for margining purpose.

Higher margins are also required during long holiday periods to cover for more than one

trading day period. The 1-day close-out period is reasonable for products with a liquid

market. The additional buffer used for assessing margin for products with illiquid markets

mitigates the need for prompt liquidation, thereby minimising the potential for adverse price

effects.

BMDC adopts a gross margining concept, the Performance Bond amount is calculated for

each client separately and the client margin requirement is aggregated to the CP’s level.

The total Performance Bond requirement for a CP is the sum of the margin requirement for

all the individual clients’ accounts of the CPs. The proprietary position of a CP is margined

on a net position. BMDC monitors the liquidity positions of the CPs closely. CPs are

required to update their liquidity positions to BMDC on weekly basis via the DCS. BMDC

uses this to ascertain the ability of CPs to honour settlement obligation to Clearing House.

Daily back-testing of margin rates is performed to ensure margins are adequate and

efficient. The margin model is reviewed monthly and back-testing is performed to ensure

the relevance of the parameter used. However, if there is any major event and change that

warrant a change in the model, the risk manager will perform ad-hoc review. In addition,

sensitivity analysis is done by applying different sets of inputs as parameters to the margin

and using different outputs to guide in determining optimal margin level, which is carried


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 19

out as part of the half-yearly model review. The BMDC margin system is also validated

annually by an independent party.

In the event that changes are required for any of the margin parameter, BMDC will

communicate the same to the CPs via issuance of a CP circular, whereby the circular is

publicly available at the Bursa Malaysia website. The SPAN margining methodology

adopted for BMDC margining procedure is available on Bursa Malaysia website.

Principle 7: Liquidity risk

An FMI should effectively measure, monitor, and manage its liquidity risk. An FMI should

maintain sufficient liquid resources in all relevant currencies to effect same-day and, where

appropriate, intraday and multiday settlement of payment obligations with a high degree of

confidence under a wide range of potential stress scenarios that should include, but not be

limited to, the default of the participant and its affiliates that would generate the largest

aggregate liquidity obligation for the FMI in extreme but plausible market conditions.

Summary

narrative

BMDC has a liquidity management methodology that takes into account of its potential

settlement obligations and its available financial resources. It aims to ensure availability of

sufficient liquid resources to cover any calls for withdrawal of excess margin and the default

of the CP with the largest exposure. The liquidity management framework effectively assists

BMDC to measure, monitor, and manage its liquidity risk.

BMDC maintains its balances and takes intra-day credit facilities only from banks that

provide online banking facility and are rated at the minimum AA by RAM and BBB by S&P.

Eligible collateral accepted by BMDC includes cash, SBLC and selected equities. Interests

are calculated daily and paid to CPs monthly.

BMDC conducts daily liquidity needs assessment at the beginning of the day after the first

stress results are available. The liquidity needs assessment takes into account of the

following considerations:-

(a) potential settlement failure of two (2) CPs with the largest exposure;

(b) the ability to handle two-day’s worth of daily average cash-out of excess margin placed

by the CPs;

(c) 50% weight of the placement maturing today; and


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 20

(d) its liquid resources.

Apart from this, BMDC has instituted daily liquidity stress test that includes the simulation

of the unavailability of the largest credit line and withdrawal of 80% of the excess margin

held in BMDC by CPs . Other scenarios that are being stress tested include wrong way risk

whereby the failure of liquidity provider is simulated simultaneously with the failure of its

affiliate companies. In addition, reverse stress test is performed to identify stress scenarios

in which the entire liquid resources available to BMDC may be insufficient to meet its

settlement needs.

The liquidity framework is reviewed once a year and validated annually by an independent

party.

Principle 8: Settlement finality

An FMI should provide clear and certain final settlement, at a minimum by the end of the value

date. Where necessary or preferable, an FMI should provide final settlement intraday or in

real time.

Summary

narrative

The Rules of BMDC clearly state transfer of funds between the CP and BMDC is final and

irrevocable upon the crediting of BMDC’s or the CP’s bank account, whichever applicable.

The CMSA protects the settlements processed by BMDC as an approved clearing house

from the proceedings related to insolvency or bankruptcy.

The daily settlements are completed at 10:30 a.m. and are deemed final once the funds

are credited. Intra-day margin calls are also processed with immediate finality. Furthermore,

the Rules of BMDC clearly states that contracts that have been accepted cannot be

reversed.

The Rules of BMDC clearly defines the point at which settlement is final and this has the

backing of the CMSA and hence is protected at the level of law. Final settlement is achieved

in real-time.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 21

Principle 9: Money settlements

An FMI should conduct its money settlements in central bank money where practical and

available. If central bank money is not used, an FMI should minimise and strictly control the

credit and liquidity risks arising from the use of commercial bank money.

Summary

narrative

BMDC minimizes and controls credit and liquidity risks by using RENTAS system for funds

settlement between BMDC and the Clearing Participants since July 2017 for all MYR

currency settlement. The RENTAS system is operated by PayNet which is a subsidiary of

BNM.

Settlement risk is mitigated in settlement process between BMDC and the CPs as RENTAS

system facilitates payments between BMDC and the CPs on a real-time basis with finality.

For the USD settlement, BMDC has appointed six (6) licenced banks as its settlement

banks. BMDC has well-defined criteria for choosing the settlement banks as specified in

the following:-

• licensed commercial banks approved by BNM;

• provide real time online banking system;

• provide intraday credit facility;

• must be able to comply with BMDC’s payment cut-off time; and

• must have good credit standing - minimum of A for RAM and BBB for S&P Issuer

Credit Rating and Bank Fundamental Strength Rating respectively.

BMDC manages concentration risk of settlement banks by imposing exposure limit on each

bank.

Principle 10: Physical deliveries

An FMI should clearly state its obligations with respect to the delivery of physical instruments

or commodities and should identify, monitor, and manage the risks associated with such

physical deliveries.

Summary

narrative

BMDC has a robust delivery and collection process for Crude Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil

and RBD Palm Olein futures contracts. BMDC has clear procedures describing the details

of the physical delivery process includes the obligations of the buyer and seller; delivery

procedures; payment procedures; and, exceptional procedures related to non-delivery/non-

payment or non-acceptance of delivery. The risks associated with physical deliveries are

well identified, monitored and managed by the system for delivery and collection.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 22

Deliveries are to be made to one of the approved Port Tank Installations (“PTI”) in one of

three (3) approved sea ports namely, Port Klang, Butterworth and Pasir Gudang, between

the first and 20th of the delivery month. The PTIs verify the quality of the delivery and issues

a reference number to the seller and creates an Electronic Negotiable Storage Receipt (“e-

NSR”) in the system of BMDC. The details captured are: reference number, PTI location,

delivery date, quality related information and validity date.

The seller’s broker provides this reference number to BMDC to discharge its delivery

obligation. BMDC accepts this by matching the reference number with the details entered

by the PTI. BMDC allocates the deliveries to the buyers on a pro-rata basis and then

random allocations to the clients of the buyer. The buyers are notified of their allocations

and are required to pay on T+1 day to their broker and the broker in turn pay to BMDC on

T+2 day. The buyer is provided another reference number and BMDC records this

reference number in the systems of the PTI.

The margins of the buyers and sellers are collected until the seller and buyer performs their

delivery and settlement obligation respectively. The margin of the seller is released after

the seller make delivery (T day) and for the buyer only upon delivery settlement (T+2). All

participants involved in the delivery process requires Government certification.

On 24 May 2018, BMDC has implemented a new delivery procedure for US Dollar

denominated RBD Palm Olein Futures (“FPOL”) contract from Ex-Tank delivery to Free on

Board (“FOB”) delivery. FOB is an International Commercial term (Incoterms) that specify

seller’s obligation, costs and risk in a delivery process up to the loading of goods on to the

ship. As such, buyer’s obligation is to charter the ship, insurance and other logistic cost to

the destination.

Principle 11: Central securities depositories

A Central Securities Depository (“CSD”) should have appropriate rules and procedures to

help ensure the integrity of securities issues and minimise and manage the risks associated

with the safekeeping and transfer of securities. A CSD should maintain securities in an

immobilised or dematerialised form for their transfer by book entry.

Summary

narrative

Not Applicable


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 23

Principle 12: Exchange-of-value settlement systems

If an FMI settles transactions that involve the settlement of two linked obligations (for example

securities or foreign exchange transactions) it should eliminate principal risk by conditioning

the final settlement of one obligation upon the final settlement of the other.

Summary

narrative

Currently, there is no transaction involving the settlement of two (2) linked obligations.

Products are settled by way of physical delivery for Palm Oil, RBD Palm Olein and Palm

Kernel Oil. As for non-delivery products, settlement is by way of cash.

Principle 13: Participant-default rules and procedures

An FMI should have effective and clearly defined rules and procedures to manage a

participant default. These rules and procedures should be designed to ensure that the FMI

can take timely action to contain losses and liquidity pressures and continue to meet its

obligations.

BMDC has default management rules and procedures in place to cope with a CP’s default

which identifies the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders. The Rules of BMDC

state clearly the grounds for default and the actions that can be taken by BMDC. Section

43 of the CMSA provides that the default proceedings of the clearing house to take

precedence over the law of insolvency.

Chapter 10 of the Rules of BMDC was revamped with effect from 15 August 2019,

specifying the occurrence of scenarios in relation to a CP as grounds to invoke default

procedures. The scenarios are:-

(a) cease to hold a valid and effective Capital Market Services Licence for carrying on the business of clearing;

(b) suspension, expulsion or termination of the CP as a participant of the clearing house, exchange or any Malaysian or overseas derivatives, securities, commodity or stock exchange or market or clearing or settlement facility;

(c) any sanction imposed by the clearing house, exchange or any Malaysian or overseas derivatives, securities, commodity or stock exchange or market or clearing or settlement facility;

(d) ceasing or suspending or threatening to cease or suspend substantially all of its business, or threatening to dispose of substantially all of its assets;

(e) no longer satisfying the qualification criteria or failing to comply with any condition of admission as a CP;

(f) failure to comply with any reasonable direction, decision or requirement of the clearing house;

(g) failure to comply with or settle any of its obligations in relation to an Open Contract under the Rules of BMDC or the Rules of BMD including such terms relating to delivery and the acceptance of any delivery;


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 24

(h) failure to meet in full any contribution or deposit required to be paid under the Rules of BMDC;

(i) failure to comply with any of the financial requirements set out in Chapter 3 of the Rules of BMDC;

(j) failure to comply with or settle any of its financial obligations in relation to the Rules of BMDC or the rules and regulations of any exchange or clearing house in which the CP is a participant or member;

(k) failure to pay when due, any sum due and payable, or is otherwise in default under the terms of any loan or other agreement relating to the CP’s indebtedness, or threatening or proposing to suspend, stop, defer or reschedule payment or to default under the terms of such loan or agreement;

(l) insolvent, or unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due, or a winding-up petition is presented, or a notice of a proposal for a resolution for the CP’s winding-up is given, or a voluntary arrangement is approved by the court of law for the benefit of its creditors, or an assignment or composition is made by the CP for the benefit of its creditors or any of them, or the clearing house considers in its absolute discretion that the occurrence of any such events or their equivalent is imminent or likely in any jurisdiction;

(m) a liquidator, receiver, manager, trustee, an administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed over the CP or a composition or scheme of arrangement approved by a court of law is made against the CP;

(n) a resolution to wind-up the CP (save for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction) is passed or a winding-up order is made;

(o) any distress, execution or other process is levied or enforced or served upon or against any property or assets of a CP; or

(p) any other event or series of events, whether related or not, occurring (or appearing likely to occur) which in the opinion of the clearing house has (or appearing likely to have) a material effect on the capacity of the CP to meet its obligations to the clearing house.

Default drill is conducted yearly by BMDC with its CPs to ensure the effectiveness of the

default management procedures as well as to assess the CP’s readiness. In addition, the

default management procedures are also reviewed as and when there are significant local

or international developments.

There is a defined default waterfall structure that stipulates the sequence of financial

resources that BMDC can draw in the event of CP’s default. The rules empower BMDC to

draw promptly on the available financial resources in its default management actions. The

rules allow BMDC to liquidate open positions of the defaulting CP at any time. Based on

the waterfall structure, BMDC will liquidate the defaulting CP’s margin and collateral,

security deposit and contribution to CF to set off the losses (defaulted amount), followed by

BMDC’s contribution to CF and lastly, remaining CF contributed by non-defaulting


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 25

participants. If non-defaulting CPs’ contribution to the CF has been utilised, BMDC will issue

a statement to inform the non-defaulting CPs of their shares of losses and the non-

defaulting CPs are required to replenish the CF within one business day upon being

notified.

In addition, BMDC has developed a default management procedure which clearly

articulates the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders and the procedures to

handle CP’s default and the setting up of DMC. In the event of default, DMC will carry out

the following:-

(a) to declare a default;

(b) to deliberate the appropriate actions to be taken by BMDC; and

(c) to manage communication with other stakeholders.

The default procedures are disclosed in the Rules of BMDC at Bursa Malaysia website.

Principle 14: Segregation and portability

A CCP should have rules and procedures that enable the segregation and portability of

positions of a participant’s customers and the collateral provided to the CCP with respect to

those positions.

Summary

narrative

The Rules of BMDC require all clients’ assets to be segregated from the CP’s own assets

and require the CP to have prior customer instructions to use the clients’ accounts. CPs

are required to manage their clients’ fund, collateral and margin. BMDC does not manage

the clients’ collaterals and funds directly as it relies on the CPs’ internal records. BMDC

only calculates the margin for each client’s account separately and sums it up as a

requirement for the CP. The exception is where BMDC accepts a SBLC (pass through)

directly from the CP’s client.

BMDC does not have direct access to the CPs’ books, however, in the event of invoking

the default procedures; it has the powers to require the CP to help BMDC in segregating

the clients’ funds, positions and collaterals. BMDC computes collateral on a gross basis at

the client level, hence it has the required information to assist it in segregating client level

collaterals. BMDC has tested its ability to port the positions of a defaulting CP to another

CP during one of its annual default event drills. In addition, the CPs are audited by the

Bursa Malaysia’s PSD team periodically.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 26

The Rules of BMDC are available at the Bursa Malaysia’s website. Besides that, clearing

participantship standard and financial requirements are mentioned in the financial

safeguards and risk management section at the Bursa Malaysia website.

Principle 15: General business risk

An FMI should identify, monitor, and manage its general business risk and hold sufficient

liquid net assets funded by equity to cover potential general business losses so that it can

continue operations and services as a going concern if those losses materialise. Further,

liquid net assets should at all times be sufficient to ensure a recovery or orderly wind-down

of critical operations and services.

Summary

narrative

Bursa Malaysia is guided by the ERMPF and ERMPF documents to identify, assess,

control, monitor and report key risks under the ERM framework which also cover General

Business Risks. The oversight, responsibilities and accountability of the risk management

process are defined by Bursa Malaysia’s risk governance structure where key risks are

managed by the three lines of defense comprising the line managers, risk management

and internal audit. These risks are regularly reported to the senior management of Bursa

Malaysia, the Management Risk and Audit Committee, the RMC and the Board.

Amongst others, the review of the annual business plan which include strategic planning

and annual budgeting plays a significant role in the management of both internal and

external General Business Risks of Bursa Malaysia. The risk areas relating to General

Business Risks under the ERM framework include:-

(a) the administration and operation of the Group as a business enterprise which could

impair the business of Bursa Malaysia;

(b) potential risks which can cause the decline in Bursa Malaysia’s revenue, growth in

expenses or loss charges against capital;

(c) business impairment resulting in adverse reputational effects;

(d) poor execution of business strategy;

(e) fluctuations in macroeconomic and market activities;

(f) ineffective talent management;

(g) lack of technology and product innovation; and

(h) legal and regulatory changes to the business landscape.

In addition, Bursa Malaysia monitors the general business risk on its financial position for

its subsidiaries including BMDC to ensure quality and sufficient liquid net assets are


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 27

maintained to meet its obligations. On a stand-alone basis, BMDC maintains liquid net

assets to cover at least 6 months of operating expenses. These funds are held in bank

deposits with pre-approved FIs. BMDC’s investment policy and practices are further

explained in Principle 16 below.

Given that BMDC is wholly-owned by the holding company of BMD, the holding company

is readily available to inject equity capital into BMDC if required. In addition, the holding

company, being a listed entity, may raise additional funds via the capital market for injection

of equity capital to BMDC.

Principle 16: Custody and investment risks

An FMI should safeguard its own and its participants’ assets and minimise the risk of loss on

and delay in access to these assets. An FMI’s investments should be in instruments with

minimal credit, market, and liquidity risks.

Summary

narrative

The Group is guided by the principal objective to invest its CCP members’ funds and CF in

highly liquid, short term investments with high credit standing and low market risk. This is

to ensure timely access to funds at all times. Under Bursa Malaysia Group’s investment

policy, BMDC is only allowed to invest in deposits or placements with pre-approved financial

institutions that meet strict credit requirements (and within the counterparty limits), money

market and fixed income instruments that meet Bursa Malaysia’s stringent credit

parameters, and securities issued by or guaranteed by Malaysian government or the BNM.

Nevertheless, BMDC remains conservative by investing participants’ assets and its own

assets only in highly liquid and short-term deposits with pre-approved FIs. The investment

policy also restricts the investments in foreign-currency denominated assets, whereby for

participants’ assets, BMDC is only permitted to invest in the same foreign currency in which

funds were received to minimise foreign exchange exposure risk as well as quicker

turnaround time for availability of funds when required. As of end of June 2019, majority of

investments were MYR-denominated, with the FIs being incorporated in Malaysia and

supervised by BNM. BMDC has prompt access to these assets with low credit, liquidity and

market risks.

The investment policy sets out stringent credit parameters for approved FIs (such as capital

adequacy and credit rating), and the single counterparty exposure limit in each FI. There is

no significant exposure to a single FI, as BMDC adheres to the exposure limits which aim

to spread out exposures to multiple counterparties. In addition, the list of approved banks


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 28

and exposure limits are reviewed at least, on an annual basis or as and when required (e.g.

in adverse financial condition). The investment policy is consistent with the Rules of BMDC.

Besides cash deposits, BMDC holds its equity collateral in BM Depo in a central depository

managed by Bursa Malaysia. The collateral is only used by BMDC as part of executing its

default procedures. The Rules of BMDC state that all interests and other benefit accruing

from the underlying asset provided for margin purposes would accrue to the CP. In addition,

the Rules of BMDC allow the CP to replace collaterals placed for margin.

Principle 17: Operational risk

An FMI should identify the plausible sources of operational risk, both internal and external,

and mitigate their impact through the use of appropriate systems, policies, procedures, and

controls. Systems should be designed to ensure a high degree of security and operational

reliability and should have adequate, scalable capacity. Business continuity management

should aim for timely recovery of operations and fulfilment of the FMI’s obligations, including

in the event of a wide-scale or major disruption.

Summary

narrative

The Risk & Compliance division has established an ERMPF, designed based on ISO

31000, Risk Management – Principle and Guidelines. One of the risk categories classified

in the ERMPF is Operational Risk which is defined as risks arising from deficiencies in

information systems or internal processes, human errors, management failures, or

disruptions from external events that could result in the reduction, deterioration, or

breakdown of services provided by the Group. The ERMPF is supported by the ERMPG.

The ERMPG serves to guide the Group in identifying, monitoring and managing the risks it

faces in the course of achieving its operations, strategic and business objectives. In the

contexts of operational risk, the risk assessment process involves identifying major

processes, measuring risk events in terms of likelihood of occurrence and impact and

management of current mitigation controls that are in place and action plans if needed.

The ERMPF which was approved by the Board defines the roles and responsibilities of the

relevant parties including the Board, the RMC and the Management, respectively for

managing risks and implementing risk management processes, and ensuring the adequacy

and effectiveness of risk mitigation controls. The Board have tasked the RMC with the

responsibility of ensuring that the risk management framework of the Group operates

effectively. Periodically, the Board will receive updates from the RMC on the progress and

assessment of risk management of the Group.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 29

The operational risk of Bursa Malaysia is now governed under ERMPF which covers the

scopes below:-

i. a common definition and risk categories to enable a uniform understanding and

consistent approach of managing operational risk across the Group;

ii. a governance and oversight structure for operational risk;

iii. roles and responsibilities including reporting lines;

iv. a sound operational risk management approach and process by introducing

methodologies/tools and techniques to perform risks assessment/ analysis/

treatment/ monitoring and reporting in a structured, systematic and consistent

manner; and

v. effective communication to cultivate operational risk awareness building.

Operational risk of Bursa Malaysia is further strengthened by the following frameworks,

amongst others:-

(a) Cyber Security Risk Management Framework:

i. To create a common approach for addressing cyber security within Bursa

Malaysia; and

ii. To ensure cyber security risks are properly managed throughout Bursa Malaysia.

(b) Anti-Fraud, Bribery & Corruption Policy:

i. To assist Bursa Malaysia to adopt a pragmatic approach to assess, detect,

prevent and respond to fraud, bribery and corruption within the organisation.

ii. Bursa Risk Control Self-Assessment questionnaires explicitly probes for

potential risk of fraud, bribery and corruption in Bursa staff operational activities

within and with external parties.

(c) Risk Management Framework on Outsourcing:

i. To define the required environment and organizational components for

managing outsourcing risk in a structured, systematic and consistent manner

within Bursa Malaysia; and

ii. The framework describes three key elements for an appropriate outsourcing risk

management i.e. Outsourcing Lifecycle, Risk Governance and Oversight

Structure, and Risk Management Practices.

BMDC clears and settles derivatives contracts through the DCS. The DCS is a system that

is used for the sole purpose of supporting derivatives clearing and settlement and risk

management functions. Henceforth, the operational reliability objectives of BMDC is

dependable on the performance of the DCS. The DCS is adequately equipped to support


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 30

the derivatives clearing and settlement process. The DCS is being maintained regularly to

ensure a high degree of security, performance, operational reliability and scalable capacity.

This is achieved through IT initiatives undertaken by Bursa Malaysia’s Group Technology

division together with the ongoing support and maintenance arrangements with IT vendors.

For instance, the performance of the DCS is measured and monitored at its average and

peak CPU utilization level, whereas its capacity is observed via its average and maximum

daily trade transactions processing.

Based on the total derivatives contracts done by BMD over the last few years, the DCS is

able to sufficiently meet the scalable capacity adequacy to handle increasing volumes and

its service-level objectives. There was no breach on the capacity limits of the DCS.

To ensure the reliability and availability of the DCS system, the following controls are in

place:-

(a) Incident Management and Problem Management procedures are available. All

incidents are centrally logged into the Enterprise Service Management system and

categorised by priority. Incidents are escalated to relevant IT support teams, CME,

Governance, Risk & Compliance (“GRC”) and respective vendors with 24/7 support

service for resolution.

(b) All major components of DCS are in cluster mode at the main site and it has redundant

servers at Bursa Malaysia DR site. This is to cater for high availability and reliability of

the system.

(c) Performance of the system is monitored using specific monitoring tools which have

alert capabilities to trigger alarms in the event that thresholds are being breached.

(d) Quality assurance of the changes to the system undergoes testing by vendors and

internal users. For critical and major changes, an industry wide mock testing is

conducted with the market participants.

(e) Change management process is in place where all changes to the system are centrally

logged to the Enterprise Service Management system, managed and assessed in

respect of impact and risk of the change to the system.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 31

Audit engagements and independent reviews are carried out by Internal Audit on

operational systems, processes, policies and procedures based on an annual audit plan

approved by the AC. All key operational areas and processes are audited within a cycle of

three (3) years with higher frequency of coverage depending its criticality and Internal Audit

risk assessment. Using a risk based audit approach, Internal Audit assesses the selected

areas under the audit scope in relation to effective mitigation of risk exposures, compliance

towards the approved policies and procedures and relevant laws and regulations as well

as improvement to the overall internal control system. As part of the risk-based audit plan,

Internal Audit also conducts system readiness reviews to ensure that due process has been

complied with prior to the implementation or launch of significant systems development and

enhancement projects. Post implementation reviews are also conducted after a predefined

period to assess the realised benefits of the implemented significant systems and projects.

Physical and information security and policies are in place to ensure the confidentiality,

integrity and availability of information and systems. The policies encompass areas of

governance, identification, protection, detection, and recovery controls for the organisation.

Bursa Malaysia has implemented appropriate protective controls to minimize the impact of

a cyber-attack on critical business functions and information assets.

The controls for physical and logical access are the following:-

(a) entry into data centers and sensitive areas are controlled using combination of access

cards and security identification codes and restricted only to authorised personnel;

(b) super IDs or Privilege-IDs are controlled and managed by privilege-ID management

system; and

(c) system and data owners identified and access matrix defined; access to confidential

and restricted information on need basis and upon approval.

Information Security Management System (“ISMS”)

Bursa Malaysia is certified with ISMS - ISO 27001:2013 for derivatives clearing services.

The ISMS surveillance assessment was completed in February 2019.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 32

Bursa Malaysia’s Cyber Security Strategy Roadmap (“CSSR”) was formalised in 2019. The

CSSR is a 3-year (2019-2021) roadmap with actions designed to continuously improve the

cyber security preparedness and resilience of Bursa Malaysia’s infrastructure and services.

This is in line and to support the overall business strategy and business plans of the Group.

Bursa Malaysia has invested and put in place tools and mechanisms to enhance the cyber

resilience capabilities to anticipate, withstand, contain and rapidly recover from a cyber

incident with the objective of limiting the escalating risks that cyber threats pose to Bursa

Malaysia and its stakeholders. Amongst the controls that have been put in place are:-

(a) Vulnerability assessment and penetration test conducted to identify security

vulnerabilities in system and appropriate remedial actions taken to address any

weaknesses. In addition, Vulnerability Assessment Tool was refreshed to enable

detection of potential vulnerabilities automatically and safeguard the systems from

potential threats from those vulnerabilities.

(b) Firewall and network intrusion prevention system in place to monitor, detect and

mitigate malicious activity or suspicious traffic on the network. Security Components

was put in place to refresh Firewalls, LAN Access Control Servers with the latest

technologies and capabilities to ensure the network is safe from any intrusion of

unauthorised access that connects to Bursa Malaysia network.

(c) Re-designed staff Internet access to use a separate Network Firewall and Broadband

line to minimise Internet bandwidth contention during peak utilisation for business

application / traffic and to prevent cyber-attack.

(d) Anti-virus software implemented for all desktops, servers, email exchange and

gateway.

(e) Information leakage control to avoid unauthorised access and data leakage.

(f) Independent consultant to conduct Social Engineering Test to evaluate staff

awareness in identifying scam (e.g. email phishing and physical tailgating test),

granting access permission to restricted areas and sharing of sensitive information.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 33

(g) External professional to conduct source code review for in-house developed software

to provide comprehensive assurance that Bursa Malaysia’s application is secured in

terms of application flaw.

(h) Established Bursa Malaysia Computer Emergency Response Team (“BMCERT”).

The BMCERT is aimed to elevate the operational improvement and instil a culture of

cyber risk awareness on incident response to cyber threats.

(i) Participated in the Capital Market Cyber Drill Simulation (“CMCDS”) organised by the

SC in August 2019. Bursa Malaysia was identified as a key participant to participate

in the CMCDS with the aim to strengthen the market preparedness in responding and

recovering from potential cyber incidents. It is crucial for Bursa Malaysia to remain

vigilant and maintain visibility on cyber preparedness and resilience. Overall cyber

simulation result for capital market has improved in 2019 as compared to 2018.

The tools and mechanisms are reviewed and assessed to observe with the Guidance on

Cyber Resilience for Financial Market Infrastructures issued by IOSCO as well as to comply

with the Guidelines on Management of Cyber Risk issued by the SC.

In relation to BMDC having a BCP, the following are put in place:-

(a) BCP

The overall approach is geared towards ensuring adequate back-up arrangements for

all critical office facilities and system components; online data replication from the main

site to the DR site and data back-ups to ensure no data loss; and developing business

continuity procedures and testing them periodically. The failure of the critical system

components is mitigated with clustering and redundant systems/infrastructure facilities

at the Bursa Malaysia’s main site, hence minimising the needs to failover to the Bursa

Malaysia’s DR site/systems. The systems at Bursa Malaysia’s DR site are capable of

running all functionalities that are currently available at the main site.

(b) Alternate Site and Backup Systems and Office Facilities

The Group’s back-up systems and office facilities are housed in its own DR site which

is away from the main site. These two (2) different sites are provisioned from different

power sub-stations and different telecom exchanges for electricity supply and


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 34

telecommunication services respectively, to mitigate the risk of concurrent impact to

both sites. The DR site is having adequate capacity and as part of the annual BCP

testing has been found to be capable of handling the operations for a sustained period

of time.

(c) BCP and Testing

The Group has a comprehensive group wide BCP plan. The BCP is tested annually

with the participation of all stakeholders with target RTOs of 2 to 4 hours. The BCP

test includes participation of the BMDC participants, they are required to connect to

Bursa Malaysia’s DR site and verify their ability to conduct their usual services and the

integrity of their data. Appropriate recalibration of the BCP are made and if required

these are re-tested. Procedures in the BCP for mitigating business interruption risks

are tested at least once a year. These procedures are also subjected to external audits

by the SC and the appointed external auditor of Bursa Malaysia.

(d) BMDC’s Workflow and Recovery Time Window

BMDC’s derivatives (post trade functions) settlement is on T+1 market day and the

business (production) hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. The

EOD batch processes for the DCS are from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. After the EOD

processes, the settlement details files are generated and sent via the DCS and e-mail

to the participants and BMDC’s internal team whereas the settlement instructions will

be sent via RENTAS for MYR currency settlement and fax/e-mail for USD currency

settlement (by 8:00 a.m.) to the settlement banks for execution by 8:45 a.m. on the

settlement day. In the event of DCS disruption before or during the EOD processes

and after DCS recovery, BMDC could extend the production hours and delay the EOD

processes accordingly so long as the EOD processes can be completed by 8:00 a.m.

on the settlement day. This gives BMDC a window of 10.5 hours or more for recovery,

resumption and execution of EOD processes where applicable. For DCS disruption

after the EOD processes, the settlement process on the settlement day is not affected

as DCS automatically sends the settlement details files to the participants and BMDC

via email during the EOD process.

(e) RTO and BCP Test Results


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 35

Both the derivatives trading and clearing & settlement systems are classified as critical

systems with RTO of 4 hours and 2 hours respectively. The recovery time achieved

for an intraday failure scenario for the derivatives trading and clearing & settlement

systems for year 2019 BCP tests were within the pre-set RTOs of 4 hours and 2 hours

respectively. The BCP tests were successfully simulated.

(f) Market Participant's DR Site, BCP and Testing

In addressing the risks of key participants may pose to its operations, Bursa Malaysia

requires all market participants to maintain robust BCP and this is ascertained as part

of the ongoing supervision activities which includes onsite audits of the DR sites of the

participants. The participants are also required to participate in the BCP tests of Bursa

Malaysia. As part of the BCP testing Bursa Malaysia’s treasury processing and cash

settlement unit which deals with the settlement bank is also ensured of its ability to

function from the DR site. The ability to provide online banking facilities is one of the

criteria used to select settlement banks and banks that provide liquidity support.

Principle 18: Access and participation requirements

An FMI should have objective, risk-based, and publicly disclosed criteria for participation,

which permit fair and open access.

Summary

narrative

Criteria and requirements for participation, which are objective and risk-based, are set out

in the Rules of BMDC available at the Bursa Malaysia website.

BMDC has two (2) types of membership:

(a) GCP are essentially brokers which are also TP of BMD; and

(b) DCP which is a body corporate trading for itself or its related corporations and

registered as an Associate Participant (“AP”) of BMD.

General eligibility criteria for GCP include the following:

(a) requisite financial and business standing and repute;

(b) minimum shareholders’ funds of at least MYR 10 million or higher requirements if the

GCP is also a PO of BMS or an investment bank;

(c) sufficient resources and adequate systems for the proper performance of the business

of clearing;

(d) meets the minimum financial requirements;

(e) holds a valid Capital Markets Services Licence for carrying on the business of clearing.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 36

General eligibility criteria for DCP include the following:-

(a) requisite financial and business standing and repute;

(b) shareholders’ funds of at least MYR 2 million;

(c) sufficient resources and adequate systems for the proper performance of the

business of clearing;

(d) meets the minimum financial requirements.

The minimum financial requirements of GCP and DCP are stipulated under Rules 3.18 and

3.19 of the Rules of BMDC. In addition to the BMD requirement for a TP to have a minimum

MYR 5 million paid up capital, the Rules of BMDC require GCP to maintain at all times an

adjusted net capital of MYR 500,000 or 10% of aggregate margins required; whichever is

the higher. This financial requirement is not applicable to GCP who is also a PO of BMS or

an investment bank as it will already be subjected to a higher financial requirement under

BMS or the rules imposed by BNM. A DCP is required to maintain at all times a net tangible

asset of not less than MYR 5 million or a corporate guarantee of not less than MYR 5

million.

Applicant for GCP is imposed with an annual fee of MYR 6,000 and registration fee of MYR

50,000 whilst an applicant for DCP is imposed with a registration fee of MYR 10,000.

Applicant for GCP of BMDC is required to undergo a readiness audit before being allowed

admission.

Bursa Malaysia monitors ongoing compliance of participants on a group basis. There is a

department at Bursa Malaysia that handles this function. The participants of the exchanges

and the clearing houses are all subject to the same process.

Bursa Malaysia uses a combination of off-site supervision based on periodic submissions

and on-site inspections to fulfil its regulatory role. On-site inspection frequency is guided by

a risk-based profile of each participant. Each GCP is subject to on-site inspections

periodically depending on the risk profile, with those with a higher risk profile are audited

more frequently. The scope of the onsite and offsite supervision activities covers verifying

participants’ ability to meet payment obligations, risk management policies, management

supervision, compliance to rules, internal audit and security of IT systems. DCPs are not

subjected to these supervision as they are clearing their own trades only.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 37

The compliance officer of a GCP is required to report any violation of the Rules of BMDC

and BMD to the clearing house.

If the GCP is also a PO, the PO will be required to report its capital adequacy ratio on a

periodic basis; liquidity position on a weekly basis; statement about their compliance to the

segregation requirement and, profit and loss statement. These reporting requirements are

stipulated in the directives for the POs / TPs which are publicly available at the Bursa

Malaysia website.

Principle 19: Tiered participation arrangements

An FMI should identify, monitor, and manage the material risks to the FMI arising from tiered

participation arrangements.

Summary

narrative

Not Applicable.

Principle 20: FMI links

An FMI that establishes a link with one or more FMIs should identify, monitor, and manage

link related risks.

Summary

narrative

The only link BMDC has with other FMIs is with BM Depo for depositing equity collaterals

collected from the CPs. BMDC and BM Depo are institutions that have been created in

accordance to the provisions in the CMSA and SICDA respectively. These entities are also

supervised and overseen by the SC. In addition, BMDC and BM Depo are subject to the

Group governance model.

Principle 21: Efficiency and effectiveness

An FMI should be efficient and effective in meeting the requirements of its participants and

the markets it serves.

Summary

narrative

BMDC assesses the effectiveness in meeting the requirements of its participants through

various engagements. Industry and/or public consultation is conducted prior to introduction

of any changes to Rules and/or product offering and launching.

The objectives of BMDC are aligned with Bursa Malaysia’s overall visions:-

(a) to process, execute and complete all clearing and settlement activities in a timely

manner, in accordance with the prescribed procedures, rules, guidelines and

directives;

(b) to provide an efficient, reliable and stable clearing and settlement infrastructure; and


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 38

(c) to ensure adequate risk management measures, including monitoring participant’s

ability to meet their settlement obligations, effective handling of default and adequacy

of financial resources.

BMDC reviews its efficiency and effectiveness by conducting periodic benchmarking, in

particular to ensure appropriateness of the margin levels on monthly basis. The result is

taken into consideration by BMDC for the determination of an appropriate margin level for

the respective products. In addition, BMDC has identified and established the following

targets for key operational indicators to ensure BMDC continue to observe and achieve an

efficient and effective level in discharging its duties:-

(a) time taken to complete trade processing;

(b) adherence to cut-off times; and

(c) system availability.

On top of that, BMDC obtains feedback from the participants through consultation. BMDC

also performs a post implementation review for any new initiatives, which involves

consultation with the participants that is the requirement imposed by the SC for any new

approved initiatives/projects. The review report is then tabled to the management for their

acknowledgement.

Principle 22: Communication procedures and standards

An FMI should use, or at a minimum accommodate, relevant internationally accepted

communication procedures and standards in order to facilitate efficient payment, clearing,

settlement, and recording.

Summary

narrative

BMDC has interfaces with the Globex for receiving the contracts that are to be novated, the

participants for sending their respective settlement positions and screen based interface

for communicating margin calls and other such information. All the interfaces are built on

industry standard protocol like Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (“TCP/IP”),

however the message formats are proprietary.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 39

Principle 23: Disclosure of rules, key procedures, and market data

An FMI should have clear and comprehensive rules and procedures and should provide

sufficient information to enable participants to have an accurate understanding of the risks

and fees and other material costs they incur by participant in the FMI. All relevant rules and

key procedures should be publicly disclosed.

Summary

narrative

All new participants are provided with requisite training to ensure they have the requisite

knowledge of the systems, processes and rules. The ongoing supervision activities are

used to identify if there are any gaps in the knowledge relating to process and rules. Based

on discussions with the participant a suitable course of action is determined, which could

include additional training. If need be, training will be provided to participants on areas that

the participants feel they require refresher.

The operational procedures are readily accessible by the participants of BMDC via eRAPID,

a web-based solution to facilitate electronic transmission of circulars containing these

operational procedures as well as other notices addressed to the participants. These

operational procedures are not publicly available.

The participants are also provided with network connectivity file specifications and message

specifications for system connectivity and interface requirements. Technical documents on

the system processes and designs are sent to participants through circulars.

BMDC provides the details of the fees to the participants. The participants interviewed

expressed no concerns with respect to transparency related to the fees.

BMDC has clear and comprehensive rules to govern its participants, complemented by

operational procedures. The rule-making process is a robust one, involving benchmarking,

analysis, review and consultation to ensure that BMDC arrives at appropriate rules.

Specifically, the rules are clearly formulated and in compliance with the relevant laws and

regulations based on a multi-tiered internal process which includes:

(a) consideration of the regulatory objectives to be achieved, concerns to be addressed

and the implications of the proposed rule amendments;

(b) benchmarking the proposed rule amendments to those of other more developed

markets and which has a similar framework so that the rules are on par with

international standards, where applicable;


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 40

(c) review of the proposed rule amendments by qualified staff, senior management and

chief regulatory officer prior to review or approval by a management regulatory

committee;

(d) consultation with the relevant stakeholders including market participants and at times

the public to ensure that the rules are clear, practical and are aligned with

stakeholders' expectations;

(e) for major rule amendments, approval is also by a Board regulatory committee,

comprising of Board members who are professionals and market experts from the

various related fields of the capital market; and

(f) approval of the SC for all rule amendments except for those that are specifically

exempted from the SC's approval, for example amendments that are editorial or

consequential in nature pursuant to changes made to other relevant rules approved

by the SC.

The Rules of BMDC are approved by the SC except for rule changes that have been

specifically exempted from the SC's approval, for example amendments that are

consequential to law changes. BMDC also has a process to seek external legal opinions

where necessary, to ensure the enforceability of the relevant rule or contract.

The Rules of BMDC are publicly available at the Bursa Malaysia website:

www.bursamalaysia.com. In addition, all CPs are notified of any amendments to the rules

via circulars.

Bursa Malaysia currently discloses quantitative data on performance of BMDC, financial

condition and resources to the SC on a quarterly basis.

Principle 24: Disclosure of market data by trade repositories

A trade repository should provide timely and accurate data to relevant authorities and the

public in line with their respective needs.

Summary

narrative

Not Applicable.


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 41

V. List of Publicly Available Resources

Relevant Information Pertaining to BMDC can be found at:

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/our_products_services/derivatives/company_profile

Links to documents referenced within this Disclosure Framework are below:

Capital Markets and Services Act 2007

https://www.sc.com.my/regulation/acts/capital-markets-and-services-act-2007

Circulars

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/trading_resources/derivatives/circulars/

Corporate governance model

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/about_bursa/about_us/corporate_governance/governance_model

Derivatives Clearing & Settlement System

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/post_trade/derivatives_clearing_and_settlement/overview

Derivatives: Rules of BMD

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/regulation/derivatives/rules_of_bursa_malaysia_derivatives

Derivatives: Rules of BMDC

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/regulation/derivatives/rules_of_bursa_malaysia_derivatives_cleari

ng

Exchange and clearing fees

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/post_trade/derivatives_clearing_and_settlement/exchange_a

nd_clearing_fees

FCPO physical delivery

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/post_trade/derivatives_clearing_and_settlement/fcpo_physic

al_delivery

Financial safeguards and risk management

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/post_trade/derivatives_clearing_and_settlement/financial_sa

feguards_and_risk_management

https://www.sc.com.my/regulation/acts/capital-markets-and-services-act-2007

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/trading_resources/derivatives/circulars/

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/about_bursa/about_us/corporate_governance/governance_model

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/post_trade/derivatives_clearing_and_settlement/overview

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/regulation/derivatives/rules_of_bursa_malaysia_derivatives

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/regulation/derivatives/rules_of_bursa_malaysia_derivatives_clearing

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/regulation/derivatives/rules_of_bursa_malaysia_derivatives_clearing

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/post_trade/derivatives_clearing_and_settlement/fcpo_physical_delivery

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/post_trade/derivatives_clearing_and_settlement/fcpo_physical_delivery

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/post_trade/derivatives_clearing_and_settlement/financial_safeguards_and_risk_management

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/post_trade/derivatives_clearing_and_settlement/financial_safeguards_and_risk_management


BMDC/RC/2020

Page | 42

Information on membership application

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/trading_resources/brokers_for_derivatives/becoming_a_parti

cipant_corporate

Market statistics


Products information

http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/derivatives/products/commodity-derivatives

Other related links

http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/derivatives/related-links/

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/trading_resources/brokers_for_derivatives/becoming_a_participant_corporate

https://www.bursamalaysia.com/trade/trading_resources/brokers_for_derivatives/becoming_a_participant_corporate


http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/derivatives/products/commodity-derivatives

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing

Documents

Transcript of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing